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10 May 2003 No 627 $425WW627A
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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3V - Francois, F8DVD plans to be active on SSB from Djerba Island
(AF-083) using the call sign of the Djerba Scouts Radio Club, 3V8SM
from 23 June to 4 July. QSL via F8DVD (by special permission of
Mustapha, DL1BDF) either direct (Francois Bergez, 6 rue Liberte,
71000 Macon, France) or via the REF bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
7P - Two other operators have joined the team of the 18-25 July
DXpedition to Lesotho [425DXN 623]. The group now includes: Charles
F. "Frosty" Frost (K5LBU/7P8CF, http://www.k5lbu.com), Madison Jones
(W5MJ/7P8MJ), Neil King (VA7DX/7P8NK), Tom Anderson (WW5L/7P8TA),
Dave Anderson (K4SV/7P8DA) and Igor Zdorov (W0IR/7P8IZ). This will
be an all mode, all band operation with beams, dipoles, a couple of
amplifiers and hopefully at least one station on the air 24 hours a
day. 7P8CF and 7P8TA will be the main phone operators, while 7P8MJ,
7P8NK, 7P8DA, and 7P8IZ will be mostly CW and digital modes. The
DXpedition is under the aegis of the Texas DX Society
(http://www.tdxs.net/) and the Lone Star DX Association
(http://www.dxer.org/lsdxa). QSL via each operator's home call. For
additional information please contact K5LBU (frosty1@pdq.net) or
WW5L (WW5L@gte.net). A web page will be announced later. [TNX WW5L]
CT - A multi-national team (including CT1APE, CT1CJJ, CT1EEB, CT1ILT,
CT2GLO, EA1CA, EA1DKV, EA4ABE, EA4ST, EA5FX and N5KO with help of
EA1MC) will be active from Ons Island (EU-080) on 25-27 July and
will participate in the IOTA Contest as ED1ONS. One station will
also be active in 50, 144 and 432 Mhz "for the true-believers". A
web page is under construction at http://www.qsl.net/ed1ons (on line
logs will be available). QSL via ED4URJ either direct (Seccion
Comarcal URE Jarama, P.O. Box 123, 28700 San Sebastian de Los Reyes
(Madrid), Spain) or through the bureau. [TNX CT1EEB]
DL - H7AX, DH1LA and DL2VFR will be active (on 80-10 metres SSB and CW)
from Hiddensee Island (EU-057, O-005 for the German Islands Award)
from 29 May to 1 June. They will operate from the Dornbusch (ARLHS
FED-026, German Lighthouse nr. 17) and Gellen (ARLHS FED-088, GL 22)
lighthouses. QSL via home calls either direct or through the bureau.
The web site for the German Lighthouses Award is at
http://www.lighthouse-award.com [TNX DL2VFR]
EA6 - Peter, DL8YR reports he will be active as EA6/DL8YR/p from the
Balearic Islands (EU-004) on 14-28 May, CQ WW WPX CW Contest
included. QSL via home call.
ER - Special station ER0ITU will be active from Moldova on 12-17 May to
celebrate the World Telecommunications Day. QSL direct to ER1DA
(Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 3000, Chisinau, MD-2071, Moldova) or via
the bureau. [TNX ER1DA]
GM - Look for the Vital Sparks Group (MM0VSG) to be active as MM0VSG/p,
MM0DFV/p and GM0EZP/p from Bute Island (EU-123) on 10 May. QSLs via
CBA (see http://www.qrz.com). [TNX MM0DFV]
GM - Bob/N5ET, Linda/KE5TF and Peter/GM3OFT expect to be QRV as MM/N5ET/P
on 15, 20, and 40 metres from Raasay Island (EU-008) from 9 UTC on
31 May for about 5 hours, and from Great Cumbrae Island (EU-123)
from 11.30 UTC on 4 June for about 6 hours. Direct QSLs via GM3OFT
(Europe only) and N5ET (others) or bureau. [TNX GM3OFT]
HC - Andy, NP3D is going to Ecuador and reports he plans to operate as
follows:
19-20 May: HC1/NP3D (along with Taka, HC1/JA2JPA) from near Quito
21-23 May: HC4/NP3D/p (along with Alex, HC1AJQ/4 and Taka,
HC4/JA2JPA/p) from La Plata Island (SA-033) on SSB
24-25 May: HC4/NP3D for the CQ WW WPX CW Contest from the mainland.
HK - Pedro, HK3JJH will be active from El Morro Grande SA-082 (HK2) on
3-8 June. He will operate mostly on 20 metres SSB. QSL direct only
to Pedro J. Allina, P.O. Box 81119, Bogota, Colombia. [TNX HK3JJH]
I - Vanni, IK4RUX will be active as IG9/IK4RUX from Lampedusa (AF-019,
IIA AG-001) on 17-23 May. He plans to operate also from the
lighthouse at Capo Grecale (WAIL SI-020). QSL via home call, either
direct or through the bureau.
IS0 - Marco, IK1YED reports he will be active (on HF and 6 metres SSB) as
IM0/IK1YED/p from Maddalena Island (EU-041, IIA SS-001) on 24-31
May. He also plans to operate from Caprera (EU-041, SS-005) during
that time frame.
JA - Kaoru/JA3MCA, Aru/JA0KNM, Jun/JJ1EQW and Kai/JE3NJZ will be active
as homecall/JR6 from Hateruma Island (AS-024) on 6-9 June. They will
operate on 40-2 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home calls either dsirect
or through the bureau. [TNX JA3MCA]
KP2 - Ann/W2AZK and Brian/KF2HC, from the North Jersey DX Association
(http://www.njdxa.org), will be active as homecall/KP2 from
St.Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands on 12-19 June. They plan to operate on
160-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home calls either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX KF2HC]
PY - LABRE/Sao Paulo members PU2OCZ, PY2HN and PY2ZX will be active (on
160-2 metres CW, SSB and FM) as PV2AA from Comprida Island (SA-024,
DIB 021) on 17-18 May. This is a joint project between LABRE/SP
(www.labre-sp.org) and the Sao Paolo City University. QSL via PY2AA
either direct (P.O. Box 22, 01059-970 Sao Paulo - SP, Brazil) or
through the bureau. [TNX PY2ZX]
PY - ZW8M is the callsign to be used on 21-25 May from Mexiana Island
(SA-042) [425DXN 613]. Team members include Roberto/PT2GTI,
Daniel/PT7BI, Marcelo/PY8BI, Rocha/PY8EA, Moreira/CT1AHU,
Samuel/CT1EEN and Helmut/LU1YU. QSL via CS1GDX. The web page for the
operation is at http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/mexianaisland [TNX
CT1EEN]
SV5 - Goran, SM0CMH will be active (on 10-160 metres CW) as SV5/SM8C from
Kalymnos Island, Dodecanese (EU-001) on 17-30 May. He will
participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest as J45KLN. QSLs via SM0CMH
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX SM0CMH]
SV9 - SV1GE, SV1RP, SV2DGH, SV2FPU and SV2GWB will be active as SX9G from
Gavdos Island (EU-187) on 4-15 June. QSL via SV2DGH. The web page
for the operation is at http://www.qsl.net/sx9g [TNX SV2DGH]
TA - Metin, TA1ED will be active (on 10-80 metres SSB) as TA1ED/0 from
Kekova Island (AS-115) on 15-18 May. QSL via home call. [TNX TA1ED]
V6 - Look for JA7ZP, JA7AGO and JA7HMA to be active (on 10-40 metres CW
and SSB) as V63ZP, V63GO and V63DX from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia
on 12-15 May. QSL to home calls. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
VE - Bob, VE3UUH reports that he and VE3GID will operate as VC3MCC
(instead of the announced VB3MCC) from 27 June to 4 July to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of Military Communications in Canada
[425DXN 623]. The web site is at http://www.storm.ca/~scalver
VE - Len/VE9MY and Linda/VE9GLF will be on Newfoundland (NA-027) from 13
to 22 May. This is a working trip so their operations will be in
their evenings, but on 17-19 May they will try to operate from
nearby islands (NA-027 and NA-198). QSL via home calls either direct
or through the bureau. [TNX Islands On The Web]
VE - Linda (VE9GLF) and Len Morgan (VE9MY) plan to arrive on the
Madeleine Islands (NA-038) [425dxn 611] on 20 July and be
operational for eight days. They will have mobile and portable
capabilities with 100 watts, beam, vertical for 10, 15, 20 metres
and dipole for 40 metres. They are planning on doing two islands per
day depending on band conditions; during the IOTA Contest they will
operate with two stations. QSL via home calls either direct or
through the bureau (it is not necessary to send a QSL for each
contact- one QSL with a list is all right). [TNX VE9MY]
VP9 - Merv, N6NO will be active (on 10-80 metres, possibly on 160m as
well) as N6NO/VP9 from Bermuda on 14-21 May. He will focus on CW and
his operating times will favour the difficult Asia/Oceania path. QSL
via home call. [TNX NG3K]
W - Operators from the United Radio Amateur Club (http://www.k6aa.org)
will be active (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) as K6AA/P from Santa
Catalina Island (NA-066) on 17-18 May. QSL via K6AA. [TNX The Daily
DX]
W - Look for WA6WPG/P to be active (on 10-40 metres SSB and CW) from San
Miguel Island (NA-144) on 25-27 July. He has made plans to increase
his available power and should be able to be on the air most of the
three days he will be on the island. [TNX Islands On The Web]
XU - Jaak, ES1FB will be active (on 40-6 metres, mostly SSB) again as
XU7ACE from Sihanoukville, Cambodia for ten days starting on 11 May.
Weather permitting, he will operate from AS-133 on 17-18 May. QSL
via ES1FB either direct or through the bureau. [TNX ES1FB]
YO - Jean-Michel Duthilleul, F6AJA, Editor of "Les Nouvelles DX"
(http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr), reports he will once again (for the
tenth year in a row) be active in his free time as YO/F6AJA from the
QTH of Silviu, YO8FZ in Suceava, Romania on 19-28 May. QSL via
F6AJA.
Z3 - Lothar, DJ7ZG and Babs, DL7AFS plan to be active as Z38Z from
Macedonia starting on 15 May for about ten days. They will operate
on 6-160 metres mainly RTTY, PSK and SSB and will concentrate on
North America and Japan. QSL via DL7AFS. Their homepage is at
http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs [TNX DJ7ZG]
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